About this recording ROBERT MCNAMARA March 23, 1965 Robert S. McNamara American Defense and Security Media and the Press Citation Number: 7138 MCNAMARA REPORTS THAT STATE DEPT WILL NOT HOLD PRESS BACKGROUNDER ON USE OF TEAR GAS IN VIETNAM BUT DEFENSE DEPT WILL HOLD ONE THIS AFTERNOON; LBJ COMPLAINS ABOUT LACK OF INFORMATION FOR WH PRESS BRIEFING, ASKS MCNAMARA TO SUPPLY HIM WITH FACTS Secret White House Tapes | Lyndon B. Johnson Presidency Conversation with ROBERT MCNAMARA, March 23, 1965 Backward Play Stop Forward Download audio Previous MACHINE NOISE, March 23, 1965 Next Conversation with DEAN RUSK, March 24, 1965 More Lyndon B. Johnson Recordings View all Lyndon B. Johnson tapes Conversation with DEAN RUSK, March 24, 1965 audio icon Conversation with HENRY CABOT LODGE, March 24, 1965 audio icon Conversation with HENRY CABOT LODGE, March 24, 1965 audio icon Conversation with HENRY CABOT LODGE, March 25, 1965 audio icon Conversation with NICHOLAS KATZENBACH, March 25, 1965 audio icon Conversation with DEAN RUSK, March 25, 1965 audio icon Conversation with EDWARD KENNEDY, March 25, 1965 audio icon Conversation with TELEPHONE OPERATOR and TELEPHONE OPERATOR, March 25, 1965 audio icon Conversation with HENRY CABOT LODGE, March 25, 1965 audio icon Conversation with JOHN MCCORMACK, March 25, 1965 audio icon